The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-03-12

The removal from Iron River Of John
B. Weiner, left the ring" for which
that town in famous, without "A leader.
I'm casting about il WAS decided that for
dirty work and lawlessness, Thomas III.
Flanagan came next in line. Whether
he was ever duly appointed Weiner's
successor or not is not definitely known,
but one thing is sure he IL following very
closely in the course persucd by the illus
trious John b., when he was there. One
OF Flanagan's latest underhand schemes
failed 10 work Late last month he
came 10 the county seat and sought out
the county clerk, Mr.. Patrick l.. Dunn
and asked him To sign request that "A
meeting oi the board of supervisors bc
called To convene on MarchI. Flanagan
purported Go Mr.. Dunn that already two
supervisors had requested a meeting and
ne wanted the other supervisors to join
i'm the request when he would have the
meeting called. The purpose of which
was TO further investigate the treasury
robbery mt Iron River and various other
things Of Importance. Mr. Dunn, who IL
n conscientious gentleman and who will
not knowingly do or say anything to the
dispaiagement of the county, read and
signed Flanagnn's request" When
Flanagan had departed and was, no
doubt, ploating over big, dirty deal,
Mr.. Dunn, to use his own language, got
Go thinking the matter over and the
more thought, the more became con
vinced that all was not right and found
that had put my name To a document
that WAS very cunningly erected to be
either request or call and would an
swer for either purpose then il came to
my mind that meeting had been called
for the Sth of March, and the more il be-
came visible that Flanagan's work was
crooked and that | had, in calling n
ready been called iorthe eighth, overstep-
ped my bounds and Immediately wrote
each supervisor that there would be no
meeting until the eighth" Now Flana-
gan and his gang must have had rea-
son for wanting this meeting on the
fourth. he.editor of this journal will
ing 10 take the responsibility upon him
eelf TO advance the following as being the
most probable reason for Flanagan's X at-
tempted bulldozing; There are a great
many men working ON railroad exten-
sion from Iron River and the ring" has
lnborcd hard TO perfect scheme where.
by il can deprive us oi the county seat
Now Flanagan was to rely ON his gall
and especial qualifications as IA sneak "a
carry thc.schcme through, 10y bulldoze-
ing the county clerk into calling "A special
meeting 81 the board on the 18th of March
and by further dirt was to get call for
an election and vote on the location ol
the county seat, and then bring his forces
from the railroad work and do all the
dirty work he could handle from now un
I'll the election, but he failed. BY calling
the meeting ON the fourth, il would Civ,
him just thirty days, as required by law
for the posting 81 election notices. TIL,
above is not given as "A fact, but il look,
very feasible from all points gathered il
connection with the transaction. Crys
tai Falls is about tired Of the Iron River
Ring" and will lnot put upwith much NOR
~ its peculiar work. The appended
shows just how far T.. Pivot Lott has goi
his finger in the pie:
special meeting of the board OF supervision
was called last week Go meet at Crystal Falls or
the ith instant. and the proper notices serve,
last Friday. ON Monday OF this week the super
vsors nc this end Of the county were notine,
that the meeting had been adjourned nt the stl
instant. ny what power or authority meet
ing can be adjourned before It's convenes II puz
zlIng our supervisors. VIII ourcounty clerk ris,
mp and explain by what authority he issue,
those notices. That he believed that he had IN,
power We have no doubt. for Pat would not as
sumo II otherwise.
This journal can not blame a man fol
upholding his town 80 long as he remain,
within the limits of the law. The super
visors 81 Iron River and StnmbaugI
townshipsare men and work as men who's,
sole endcavors are 90 do things as the,
should be done, but when town IL IL
the hands of human sharks, such ~
Weimer, Flanagan and others ofthatilk